kerf
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
(archaic)(now rare) The act of cutting or carving something; a stroke or slice.
- 2.
The groove or slit created by cutting or sawing something; an incision.
- 3.
The portion or quantity (e.g. of wood, hay, turf, wool, etc.) removed or cut off in a given stroke.
1991, Popular Mechanics, January issue, page 63, "Thin-kerf blades", by Rosario Capotostro Sawing with a thin-kerf blade produces a kerf that's 1/2 to 1/3 the size of a standard blade kerf.
- 4.
The distance between diverging saw teeth.
1991, Popular Mechanics, January issue, page 63, "Thin-kerf blades", by Rosario Capotostro Sawing with a thin-kerf blade produces a kerf that's 1/2 to 1/3 the size of a standard blade kerf.
- 5.
The flattened, cut-off end of a branch or tree; a stump or sawn-off cross-section.
Động từ
verb- 1.
To cut a piece of wood or other material with several kerfs to allow it to be bent.
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From Middle English kerf, kirf, kyrf, from Old English cyrf (an act of cutting, a cutting off; a cutting instrument), from *kurbi, from Proto-Germanic *kurbiz (a cut; notch; clipping), from Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- (to scratch). Cognate with Käärf, kerf, korv. Related also to kerf, Karve, Karv, Kerbe.